Calls to end the occupation have thus far been mostly absent, a silence that speaks eloquently to the composition of Israeli society, in which a call to end the occupation or dismantle the racist juridical structure is perceived as an attack on the state religion — militarist nationalism. Such a call would be “political,” as opposed to the current protests, merely “social” in nature.
It is still early, but two things seem clear.
One, this movement will not break the Israeli structure of power. Two, this is an early fracture — a foretaste of later ruptures — within Zionism.
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